Monday 28 November 2016

The Seven Deadly Sins 七つの大罪 (Nanatsu no Taizai)



Alternative Name: 七大罪 (Qī Dà Zuì)


Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Supernatural, Ecchi

Description: 

In a world where humans and non-humans have not yet been separated, the kingdom of Leones is protected by the Holy Knights, powerful magic users both revered and feared by the people. Supposedly the strongest, most fearsome of these knights, the Seven Deadly Sins, betrayed the kingdom and made enemies of all the other knights. Queen Elizabeth doesn't believe this story, and sets out to find the Sins - but when she meets the first Sin at a tavern, his name is Melodias, and he's nothing but a boy in charge of the pigs.

Episode
Season 1: 24 Episodes + 2 OVA 
Season 2: 4 Episodes + 1 Special
Season 3: 24 Episodes + 1 Movie + 1 OVA
Season 4: 24 Episodes + 1 ONA + 40 ONA + 13 ONA
Season 5: 24 Episodes + 1 Movie + 2 ONA

Original Run
Season 1: October 5, 2014 – March 29, 2015
OVA: June 17, 2015 – August 12, 2015
Season 2: August 28, 2016 – September 18, 2016
Special: January 6, 2018
Season 3: January 13, 2018  June 30, 2018
Movie: August 18, 2018
OVA: November 16, 2018
Season 4: October 9, 2019  March 25, 2020
ONA: October 25, 2019
ONA: August 1, 2019  October 9, 2019
ONA: December 24, 2020 January 5, 2021
Season 5: January 13, 2021 June 23, 2021
Movie: July 2, 2021
ONA: Scheduled to be on aired 2022

Studio: A-1 Pictures / Studio Deen (S4, S5 & Movie) / 
                Marvy Jack & Alfred ImageWorks (ONA)

Hitori no Shita: The Outcast 一人之下 The Outcast (Yī Rén Zhī Xià The Outcast)



Genre: Action, Horror, Superpowers, Zombies, Martial Arts, Fantasy, 
               Comedy, Developing Power

Description: 

Zhang Chu Lan leads a very common college student's life until he finds himself caught up in a terrible incident that happened in a small village. As he was walking through a graveyard, he is assaulted by zombies. Thinking that it was over for him, a mysterious girl carrying a sword suddenly saves him and disappears.

Episode
Season 1: 12 Episodes + 1 Special 
Season 2: 24 Episodes + 2 ONA
Season 3: 8 ONA
Season 4: 12 ONA
Season 5: 12 ONA

Original Run
Season 1: July 9, 2016 – September 24, 2016
Special: January 10, 2018
Season 2: October 27, 2017  May 18, 2018
ONA: September 30, 2018  April 14, 2019
Season 3: April 24, 2020 
 May 8, 2020
Season 4: September 24, 2021  December 3, 2021
Season 5: Scheduled to be on aired 2022

Studio: Namu Animation, Pandanium (S1) / 
                Haoliners Animation League (S2) / Big FireBird Animation (S3) / 
                Qi Yuan Ying Hua (S4)

Friday 25 November 2016

Joshiraku じょしらく



Alternative Name: 女子落 (Nǚ Zǐ Luò Yǔ)


Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Parody, Satire, Workplace

Description: 

Marii, Kigurumi, Tetora, Kukuru, and Gankyō are apprentices at a Rakugo theater, a classic form of Japanese comedy. When they're not on the stage, they're making random banter about everyday life, from the reason the kanji for "dog" is the way it is, to the confusing signs that lead to Akihabara.

Episode: 13 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: July 5, 2012 – September 28, 2012
OVA: February 8, 2013

Studio: J.C.Staff

Tuesday 22 November 2016

Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life うーさーのその日暮らし (Wooser Sono Higurashi)



Alternative Name: 兔宝的悲惨日常 (Tù Bǎo De Bēi Cǎn Rì Cháng)


Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Parody, Harem

Description: 

The daily life of Wooser, a mysterious "animal" that lives on the Internet, with a cute look but a terrible personality.

Episode
Season 1: 12 Episodes + 1 Special
Season 2: 12 Episodes
Season 3: 13 Episodes

Original Run
Season 1: October 3, 2012 – December 19, 2012
Special: March 22, 2013
Season 2: January 7, 2014 – March 25, 2014
Season 3: July 3, 2015 – September 25, 2015

Studio: SANZIGEN (S1 & 3) / SANZIGEN (S2) 

Friday 18 November 2016

Qualidea Code クオリディア・コード (Kuoridia Kōdo)



Alternative Name: 心灵代 (Xīn Líng Dài Mǎ)


Genre: Action, Supernatural, Sci-Fi, Superpowers, Magic, Aliens, War

Description: 

This is a world where humanity is always at war with the Unknown. The kids who were evacuated to a cold sleep facility during the initial invasion decades ago wake up from their slumber to find that they'd manifested superpowers called the "World". To protect Japan from the Unknowns appearing from the Tokyo Bay, these kids would start their own battles at the defensive strongholds of Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 10, 2016 – September 24, 2016

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Monster List 妖怪名单 (Yāo Guài Míng Dān)



Genre: Action, Magic, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Ecchi, Reincarnation,
                Youkai/Monsters

Description: 

A foxy temptress. A strange misty tree demon. A girl with the power of the goddess Xianjia! Being caught between these women is a feat in it of itself, but our hero Feng Xi must fight in order to protect the peace and save the world!

Episode: 18 + 21

Original Run
Season 1: December 13, 2014 – September 11, 2015
Season 2: August 2, 2017 – December 29, 2017

Studio: Haoliners Animation League

Monday 14 November 2016

Freezing フリージング (Furījingu)



Alternative Name: 零度战姬 (Líng Dù Zhàn Jī)


Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Ecchi, Fanservice, Harem, Superpowers,
               Tournaments, Transformation

Description: 

Set in a slightly futuristic world where Earth has been invaded and is at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova, the story follows the adventures of a Japanese boy named Kazuya Aoi who enrolls for training at a special school for genetically modified girls called Pandoras who battle the aliens, and their male partners, called Limiters, who use a special power called "freezing" to limit their opponent's mobility. The protagonist makes the acquaintance of an unusual older girl named Bridgette L. Satellizer who appears to be the most powerful Pandora in her class, but has not yet chosen a male partner to be her Limiter, and in spite of the warnings of all his friends, he decides to be her Limiter.

Episode
Season 1: 12 episodes + 6 Special
Season 2: 12 episodes + 6 Special

Original Run
Season 1: January 8, 2011 – April 7, 2011
Special: March 30, 2011 – August 24, 2011
Season 2: October 4, 2013 – December 20, 2013
Special: December 25, 2013 – May 28, 2014

Studio: A.C.G.T.

Literature Girl 文学少女 (Bungaku Shōjo)



Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Literature, Library, School

Description: 

As first year student Konoha Inoue is about to leave school campus, he sees a girl eat a page from the book she is reading. She introduces herself as second year Tōko Amano, the literature girl, and asks him to join the Literature Club so that he doesn't expose her secret. After almost two years of being the sole two members of the club, a strange message arrives: a piece of paper with a peculiar drawing. Further investigation leads them not only to Inoue's past, but to the reason to why he has given up on writing novels for the rest of his life.

Episode: 1 Movie + 1 OVA + 3 OVA

Original Run
Movie: May 1, 2010
OVA: December 26, 2009
OVA: June 25, 2010 – December 24, 2010

Studio: Production I.G

Sunday 13 November 2016

Top Secret ~The Revelation~ 秘密(トップ・シークレット)~The Revelation~ (Himitsu ~The Revelation~)



Genre: Crimes, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Polices/Detectives, 

Description: 

The story takes place five decades from now, when brain scanners have been perfected to the point that the government can retrieve up to five years' worth of memories from people's minds — even if they are dead. The investigators of the National Research Institute of Police Science's 9th Forensics Laboratory must weigh the ethical choices in the ultimate invasion of privacy as they delve into people's minds to solve crimes.

Episode: 26

Original Run: April 8, 2008 – September 30, 2008

Studio: Madhouse

Live-Action FilmAugust 6, 2016

Wednesday 9 November 2016

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend 冴えない彼女の育てかた (Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata)



Alternative Name: 路人女主的养成方法

                                       (Lù Rén Nǚ Zhǔ De Yǎng Chéng Fāng Fǎ)


Genre: Comedy, Romance, Ecchi, Harem, Otaku

Description: 

Tomoya Aki is an otaku who has a dream. His dream is to create the best visual novel game ever. The main heroine for this game and the inspiration for this dream is a background character named Megumi Kato who somehow stumbles into main character-esque traits in his eyes. To complete the game in time he has to call upon the aid of his anime loving professional friends who aren't so keen on the choice of his main heroine.

Episode
Season 1: 12 Episodes + 1 Special
Season 2: 11 Episodes + 1 Special + 1 Movie

Original Run
Special: January 9, 2015
Season 1: January 9, 2015 – March 27, 2015
Season 2: April 14, 2017 – June 23, 2017
Special: April 6, 2017
Movie: October 26, 2019

Studio: A-1 Pictures / CloverWorks (Movie)

Thursday 3 November 2016

The Lost Village 迷家-マヨイガ- (Mayoiga)



Alternative Name: 迷家 (Mí Jiā)


Genre: Mystery, Psychological, Thriller, Conspiracy, Survival, Tragedy, 
               Horror, Drama, Village, Ghosts/Spirits

Description: 

30 young men and women come together on a shady bus tour. The tour's destination: an illusive, possibly nonexistent village called Nanakimura. In Nanakimura, one can lead a utopian existence, free of the world's obstacles, or so it was rumored, like an urban legend.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 1, 2016 – June 18, 2016

Studio: Diomedea